A platform that supported Sequential Consistency (SC) for all codes — not only the well-synchronized ones — would simplify the task of programmers. Recently, several hardware ...
Wonsun Ahn, Shanxiang Qi, M. Nicolaides, Josep Tor...
— Multiprocessors on a chip are the reality of these days. Semiconductor industry has recognized this approach as the most efficient in order to exploit chip resources, but the ...
Antonino Tumeo, Marco Branca, Lorenzo Camerini, Ma...
Single-user, desktop-based computer applications are pervasive in our daily lives and work. The prospect of using these applications with innovative interaction systems, like mult...
Programmable processors have great advantage over dedicated ASIC design under intense time-to-market pressure. However, realtime encoding of high-definition (HD) H.264 video (up t...
Nan Wu, Mei Wen, Wei Wu, Ju Ren, Huayou Su, Changq...
In this work, we research the suitability of the Cell Broadband Engine for database processing. We start by outlining the main architectural features of Cell and use microbenchmar...